Does closing a Notebook delete from the cache?

[Roadtrekie]

If I make changes to a notebook when only the cache is available (say for
instance that the Notebook is kept on an external hard drive that isn't
connected), and then close the notebook and shut down my computer, will the
changes be lost? In other words, does closing a notebook delete it from the
cache? I assume I could delete the entire cache and OneNote would
reconstruct it the next time the external drive and the .one files were
available.

 

[Ilya Koulchin]

If I make changes to a notebook when only the cache is available (say for
instance that the Notebook is kept on an external hard drive that isn't
connected), and then close the notebook and shut down my computer, will the
changes be lost?

Any sections that have unsynced changes will be moved to a special
"misplaced sections" notebook. If you later open up the notebook again,
those sections will sync their changes. Any changes in sections deleted
from "misplaced sections" will be gone for good.

In other words, does closing a notebook delete it from the
cache?

Any sections that are in sync are removed from the cache. Sections that
are not in sync go to "misplaced sections".

I assume I could delete the entire cache and OneNote would
reconstruct it the next time the external drive and the .one files were
available.

Correct, although if you delete the cache, ALL changes in ALL unsynced
sections will be lost.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

If I make changes to a notebook when only the cache is available
(say for instance that the Notebook is kept on an external hard
drive that isn't connected), and then close the notebook and shut
down my computer, will the changes be lost? In other words, does
closing a notebook delete it from the cache? I assume I could
delete the entire cache and OneNote would reconstruct it the next
time the external drive and the .one files were available.

In addition to Ilya's reply:
When working with ON one does things different from the the traditional
way :
Whereas one closes ad document in Word when done with editing, in ON one
always leaves *all* notebooks open.
No need to ever close a notebook.
Just close ON with the notebooks left open.

Rainald

 

[YouBetcha]

I would disagree, there are many circumstances where the year over year
compiling of data would be unmanageable without some reasonable archiving
activity. For example, using OneNote to organize project work year over
year, you probably only really want last year's work notebooks open. But you
want to keep the other years available, because occasionally you need to
reference something from two years ago or maybe three years. But having all
the open all the time could a cluttered list of notebooks, depending on how
it was organized.

 

[Rainald Taesler]

I would disagree, there are many circumstances where the year over
year compiling of data would be unmanageable without some
reasonable archiving activity. For example, using OneNote to
organize project work year over year, you probably only really want
last year's work notebooks open. But you want to keep the other
years available, because occasionally you need to reference
something from two years ago or maybe three years. But having all
the open all the time could a cluttered list of notebooks,
depending on how it was organized.

I fully agree.
I was a bit too short. Had wanted to add something like "except material
one needs only need from time and where no synching is needed" or so.
No need to keep any "archive" stuff open.

Rainald